Brazos County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Thomas Jefferson, Brazos County, Texas, 1867
Thomas Jefferson registered to vote in Brazos County on June 22, 1867. He reported 12 years in Texas, 1 of them in Brazos County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Brazos County registered 1,199 freedmen in 1867, 59% of its voters.
- 12 years
- In Texas
- 1 year
- In the county
- about 1855
- Reached Texas
- 11 years
- Elsewhere in Texas
What the register records
From about 1855 to 1870
Thomas Jefferson
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Thomas Jefferson
- County of registration
- Brazos County
- Registered
- June 22, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 12 years
- Years in Brazos County
- 1 year
- Years in the precinct
- 1 year
- Years in Texas before Brazos County
- 11 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Elsewhere in Texas
11 yearsThomas Jefferson reported 11 years more in Texas than in Brazos County.
Other freedmen named Jefferson in Brazos County
- Chancey Jeffersonreached Texas about 1863
- Elijah Jeffersonreached Texas about 1863
- Enoch Jeffersonreached Texas about 1859
- Joseph Jeffersonreached Texas about 1863
- Mark Jeffersonreached Texas about 1861
Jeffersons elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 6 of the Brazos County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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